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enhttp://wrvo.org/feeds/term/4206/rss.xmlRegents could set new course with 3 new membershttp://wrvo.org/post/regents-could-set-new-course-3-new-members
<p>Three new regents elected by the legislature this week are expected to help lead an ongoing reversal in education policy in New York to less emphasis on controversial standardized tests.</p>Fri, 11 Mar 2016 08:56:00 +0000Karen DeWitt85652 at http://wrvo.orgRegents could set new course with 3 new membersSchools get waivers amid shift away from standardized testinghttp://wrvo.org/post/schools-get-waivers-amid-shift-away-standardized-testing
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">Three-quarters of school districts in the state have applied for waivers from the new teacher evaluation rules set out by Gov.Andrew Cuomo and the legislature in March. The news comes amidst lots of changes, including the leadership of the state Board of Regents.</p>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:00:00 +0000Karen DeWitt79961 at http://wrvo.orgSchools get waivers amid shift away from standardized testingMore lawmakers call for action after students opt out of testshttp://wrvo.org/post/more-lawmakers-call-action-after-students-opt-out-tests
<p></p><p>There’s growing support in the state legislature to address controversial aspects of the state’s Common Core learning standards and related testing.</p><p>More students across New York opted out of the state’s math tests -- over 150,000 students -- according to an anti-Common Core group that’s encouraged students to skip. It follows the boycott by tens of thousands of students of the third through eighth grade English tests earlier in April.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:22:00 +0000Karen DeWitt71768 at http://wrvo.orgMore lawmakers call for action after students opt out of testsWill new teacher evaluations be put off for another year?http://wrvo.org/post/will-new-teacher-evaluations-be-put-another-year
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Less than a month after it was enacted, </span>Gov<span style="line-height: 1.5;">. Andrew Cuomo’s new teacher evaluation plan seems to be in jeopardy, with the Regents chancellor calling for a year’s delay and a key senator saying the legislature needs to revisit the issue.</span></p><p>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:20:00 +0000Karen DeWitt71556 at http://wrvo.orgWill new teacher evaluations be put off for another year?Cuomo asks state education officials for honest answers to school problemshttp://wrvo.org/post/cuomo-asks-state-education-officials-honest-answers-school-problems
<p></p><p>Gov. Andrew Cuomo has written a letter to state education officials, saying he wants answers on why 99 percent of teachers scored highly on the most recent evaluations, while other data shows two-thirds of school children performing below acceptable levels in math and English.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:36:00 +0000Karen DeWitt65830 at http://wrvo.orgCuomo asks state education officials for honest answers to school problemsStudents make incremental progress on Common Core math tests, but English scores remain flathttp://wrvo.org/post/students-make-incremental-progress-common-core-math-tests-english-scores-remain-flat
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">New York’s school children made incremental progress in math scores, but no gains in English tests, during the second year of Common Core-related exams. Education officials say overall, only around one-third of students actually passed the tests.</span></p><p>In math tests administered to third through eighth graders, just 35.8 percent statewide were considered to meet or exceed the new Common Core standards.</p>Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:52:22 +0000Karen DeWitt60432 at http://wrvo.orgStudents make incremental progress on Common Core math tests, but English scores remain flatThree incumbent & one new Regent electedhttp://wrvo.org/post/three-incumbent-one-new-regent-elected
<p></p><p>The state legislature replaced one member of the State Board of Regents, but allowed three others to remain, in elections held for the state’s top educational policy board. &nbsp;</p><p>The vote featured complaints from Republican Senators, who voted against all of the candidates&nbsp; to demonstrate their displeasure with the state’s implementation of the new Common Core.</p><p>Senate Republicans, who attended the joint legislative vote for the first time in several years, voted against nearly all of the Regents candidates. &nbsp;</p>Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:26:08 +0000Karen DeWitt52554 at http://wrvo.org